Filipino-Canadian Bakery Moves From Market To Permanent Halifax Home
For almost three years, the team behind Xena’s Bread and Butter has spent their nights and weekends baking in a borrowed kitchen.
For almost three years, the team behind Xena’s Bread and Butter has spent their nights and weekends baking in a borrowed kitchen.
The legacy of one of Sackville’s oldest businesses lives on, just down the road in Dorchester, after the Dorchester Jail’s owner bought it to preserve the memory.
In May, council voted to terminate the lease with Connections Bistro Inc., which had operated the café since 2018. No details were given as to why the lease was terminated.
After Mike Scaife carved out a little piece of paradise in his backyard, word spread about a safe place for Halifax’s Queer communtiy to gather. Now, the three friends behind The Queer Garden want to make it permanent.
At the age of 40, Marquessa Cook is opening the Mellow Mug, fulfilling a lifelong dream and bringing an independent café to a new area of the city in the process.
The provincial government announced today that businesses will now have the option to allow pet dogs into their outdoor eating spaces.
The café offers beverages like matcha lattes, high-end loose teas, espresso, sweets and sandwiches. There is also antique china in glass cabinets on the on shelves that cover the length of the walls.
Press Play Cafe will offer parents an easy and comfortable place to bring their kids while they have a coffee, in Lower Sackville.
But the whole business isn’t going under. The Uptowner café and taproom will be staying open along with owner Ingrid Woodhouse’s new secret project.
At Tuesday’s regional council meeting, Councillor Shawn Cleary said waving the fees is a “small thing but an important thing” council can do for businesses struggling during the Covid-19 pandemic.